Limited Competition: Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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Opportunity number
PAR-27-067
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$25,000 to $250,000

Opportunity facts

Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Health
Eligible applicants
  • Public or Indian Housing Auth.
  • For Profit Organizations
  • Small Businesses
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
  • Special District Governments
  • City/Township Governments
  • Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
  • State Governments
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)
  • Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Other
  • Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Independent School Districts
  • County Governments
Points of contact

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The National Institutes of Health seeks applications for the Limited Competition: Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed), with a rolling application deadline of January 26, 2029. Eligible applicant categories include public and private higher education institutions, nonprofits, tribal organizations and governments, state and local governments, small businesses, and for-profit organizations, provided they are domestic entities located in the United States or territories.

Eligibility is restricted to institutions that have received less than $6 million annually in NIH Research Project Grants over the past three fiscal years, award undergraduate and/or graduate degrees in biomedical sciences, and enroll at least 35 percent of undergraduate students supported by Pell grants (calculated as a three-year average), or are Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Tribal colleges and universities. No cost share or matching requirements apply. Foreign organizations and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are ineligible.

Awards range from $25,000 to $250,000 for a single specialized instrument or integrated instrumentation system. The program anticipates rolling review cycles with scientific merit review in November 2026, July 2027, November 2027, July 2028, and November 2028, followed by advisory council review in January/April of the following years, with earliest start dates in July following council review. Requested instruments may support biomedical research and education in basic, translational, biomedically-related behavioral, or clinical fields.

Applicants must identify at least three Major Users with demonstrated scientific or educational need for the instrument; multiple principal investigators are not permitted. Required application components include detailed equipment specifications with itemized vendor quotes, a four-page Plan for Research and Education Capacity Building, a one-page Technical Expertise section, a two-page Organizational Plan, and letters of support from institutional officials certifying eligibility and institutional commitment. Service contracts for up to five years may be included. No indirect costs, cost sharing, or salaries for technical personnel are allowable.

Evaluation criteria assess justification of need, available technical expertise, research and education project suitability, administrative management capability, and institutional commitment to long-term instrument operation and maintenance. The program operates under CFDA 93.351 (Research Infrastructure Programs) and related NIH instrumentation mechanisms.

Synopsis

The Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions supports the purchase of state-of-the-art scientific instruments to enhance the research and educational missions of resource-limited institutions. Requested instruments may support biomedical research and education in basic, translational, biomedically-related behavioral or clinical fields. This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite application(s) from eligible organization(s) to apply. Please see Section III. Eligibility for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard peer-review processes, the application(s) will be peer-reviewed, and only meritorious application(s) will be considered.

Eligibility

Refer to Section III. Eligibility Information in the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.Foreign Organizations/Foreign Collaborations:Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

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